United States: Professional Negligence

The rising popularity of AI-generative technology is often in the news these days, ranging from discussion of the enormous potential associated with said technologies to very real concerns about how the technologies...

A New York appellate court recently reversed a lower court's summary judgment award in a rear-end collision case, establishing that a sudden stop on a highway without apparent reason can provide a non-negligent explanation for the trailing driver. The decision in Correa v. Cannon demonstrates how certain sudden stops differ from typical rear-end collision scenarios where the trailing driver is presumed negligent. This ruling offers critical guidance for defendants facing liability in highway rear-end accide

A U.S. District Court imposed over $100,000 in penalties against two lawyers for citing non-existent cases and fabricated quotations generated by AI in court briefs, while dismissing the plaintiff's action.

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corporation, 607 U.S. ___ (2026).

Major social media companies are facing a wave of personal injury lawsuits in California state and federal courts, with recent settlements by TikTok and Snap leaving Meta and Google...

In Primexx Energy Opportunity Fund, LP v. Primexx Energy Corporation, one of the first merits opinions from the newly created Texas Business Court, Judge Bill Whitehill addressed...

District court's denial of a motion to dismiss Indonesian fishers' Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act ("TVPRA") and California negligence claims—alleging that a U.S.

An elementary school teacher shot by a six-year-old student was recently awarded $10 million in damages by a jury in Virginia, according to multiple reports.

The Second Appellate District's recent opinion in Bean v. City of Thousand Oaks confirmed a clear rule that co-defendants may oppose another defendant's motion for summary judgment...